Comments on: Planning for war with Iran http://www.captainsjournal.com/2007/09/18/planning-for-war-with-iran/ News & Commentary on Warfare, Policy and Counterterrorism Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:36:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Neocon News » A lot more on the Israeli action last week http://www.captainsjournal.com/2007/09/18/planning-for-war-with-iran/#comment-22843 Neocon News » A lot more on the Israeli action last week Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:48:55 +0000 http://www.captainsjournal.com/2007/09/18/planning-for-war-with-iran/#comment-22843 [...] going to cease being a threat until they are confronted. The rest of the web chimes in: The Captain’s Journal » Planning for war with Iran |  GINA COBB: Iran CAN’T Be a Real Threat | J’lem downplays Iranian threat; Olmert: I [...] [...] going to cease being a threat until they are confronted. The rest of the web chimes in: The Captain’s Journal » Planning for war with Iran |  GINA COBB: Iran CAN’T Be a Real Threat | J’lem downplays Iranian threat; Olmert: I [...]

]]> By: fumento http://www.captainsjournal.com/2007/09/18/planning-for-war-with-iran/#comment-22842 fumento Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:14:33 +0000 http://www.captainsjournal.com/2007/09/18/planning-for-war-with-iran/#comment-22842 I trust that by "bombers" he means "sorties." Otherwise, guess what? In the event, this still sounds a bit too "surgical." For one, the Iranian navy, down to the smallest boat we can find, has to go to reduce their chance of blocking the strait with sunken ships and mines. Obviously their entire air defense system has to go, including their air force. And headquarters and barracks of the Revolutionary Guards, and . . . No, it may be necessary but there will be nothing surgical about it. I trust that by “bombers” he means “sorties.” Otherwise, guess what?

In the event, this still sounds a bit too “surgical.” For one, the Iranian navy, down to the smallest boat we can find, has to go to reduce their chance of blocking the strait with sunken ships and mines. Obviously their entire air defense system has to go, including their air force. And headquarters and barracks of the Revolutionary Guards, and . . . No, it may be necessary but there will be nothing surgical about it.

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